October 11, 2012
In this particular silent movie, Alla played: a. a stern obstetrician. b. the queen of the mole people. c. a renegade M.I.T. physics instructor. d. the writer of Adventures With Friendly Beans, a series of vegetarian cookbooks. e. Princess Dulaga of the planet Norg.
October 10, 2012
Because, in addition to warning him about the Ides of March, the soothsayer also said: “I just flew in from Gaul, and boy are my arms tired.” “Beware the circular toad.” “Getta your tutsi fruitsi ice cream.” “Why a duck?”
October 9, 2012
Is it green or is it red? Or is it playing with my head? Whether it is red or green I can’t decide. What can it mean? I’m looking at it from my bed. And yet what is it? Green or red? Green or red? Red or green? I’ll banish thought. Away! Sweep clean! red […]
October 8, 2012
Here is a still from the first view through the camera attached to the head of a local sasquatch. The loon, on discovering slumbering sasquatch under a gully hedge, managed to install the device without awakening the huge hairy monster. The loon is looking forward to viewing much more tromping through the woods.
October 7, 2012
Loon: Now we’re talking. Freaks in the circus and stuff. Mr. P. T. Barnum is in the house. Now I know the P stands for Philip, but what does the T stand for? P. T. Barnum’s ghost: The P does not stand for Philip. Loon: It doesn’t? P. T. Barnum’s ghost: No sir, it most […]
October 6, 2012
I had been to school most all the time, and I could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don’t reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. That’s a fine sentence, […]
October 5, 2012
Joe E. took only 10% of his wages in kelp, but he most certainly did use his incredibly large mouth and baseball skills to pull off that unassisted triple play. So, triple play selectors, congratulations, and please accept my virtual hearty handshake.
October 4, 2012
Joe E. Brown: a. rolled a wheelbarrow filled with his weight in marbles off the end of the Santa Monica pier. b. ,in his first season playing pro baseball, pulled off an unassisted triple play after lunging like a fish at a looper in front of second base and catching it in his mouth. c. […]
October 3, 2012
Hey, little fella, appreciate the hair. It’s only going to be there, give or take six months, for 15 more years.
October 2, 2012
When my life stash of learning I dump and sift From the trash heap resultant I’m able to lift A three word phrase, a whimsical gift The three words are random, genetic, and drift